There’s quite a bit worth noting about writer/director Jordan Peele‘s NOPE which touches on themes of spectacle and exploitation, the legacy of film, and science fiction. While the individual parts of the film, highlighted by some terrific scenes, are better than the combined whole, the film still delivers an interesting take on the fascination of UFOs and fame.
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Writer/director David Cronenberg returns to science fiction and body horror in a film about the evolution of the human race and the spectacle of surgery as entertainment. Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux star as a pair of artists in this new world. His body continues to grow new organs which she removes in front of an audience as both spectacle and, as both admit to each other, sex.
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Remember that time Morty (Justin Roiland) started a war across the entire solar system by refusing to cut off his penis? That’s the basic idea in “A Rick in King Mortur’s Mort” where a bored Morty becomes a Knight of the Sun only to then disillusion the lot about their religion and, unknowingly, start a war between the various tribes of the solar system. A wacky take on King Arthur, the episode is also notable for Rick‘s (Roiland) attempts to be less of an asshole for an episode which eventually gets on Morty’s nerves before leading to a callback from “The Vat of Acid Episode” to solve Morty’s problems.
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As Sabé searches Brentaal IV for Jul Tambor, who Darth Vader has ordered her to assassinate, Ochi sneaks one of the other handmaidens disguised as Sabé on to an Imperial Star Destroyer to learn more about what her fellow handmaiden has been up to. While good enough to fool Stormtroopers, Dormé‘s disguise can’t stand the scrutiny of a Dark Lord of the Sith who doesn’t take kindly to another handmaiden sneaking aboard his ship.
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